Western fence lizard

Photographing Nature class
October 18, 2014

Blue belly

Lazy as a lizard?

Initial Lyme of defense

In a curious bit of disease ecology, the western fence lizard appears to protect
against Lyme disease.

Against the grain

Western fence lizard
March 2014

Fellow docent Lorrie Klosterman has suggested that the lizards that hang out on this dark piece of wood (from the wreck of the Point Arena) are much darker in color than the typical Western fence lizard.

Stanford Dish

The tail of the western fence lizard

Western fence lizards have a physiological mechanism to release their tails as a defence strategy.
As seen in this picture, the tail continues to wiggle even after it is detached.

Lizard on the radar

The egret spotted the lizards from far away and began to stalk them.
He did a waggle dance with his head
By following his gaze, it was easy to spot his intended target, even before predator and prey both fit on the same canera frame